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H2220

H2220 — זְרוַֹע זְרוַֹע זְרוֹעָה זְרוֹעָה

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Hebrewzrowanoun femOccurrences: 91TWOT: 583a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2220
Word:זְרוַֹע זְרוַֹע זְרוֹעָה זְרוֹעָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H2232
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:91
Transliteration:zrowa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (zer-o'-ah) (or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah} and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'};) n-f.
Meaning:1. the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg 2. (figuratively) force
KJV Renderings:arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.

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זְרוֺעַ, זְרֹעַ noun feminine Exod 6:6 and (rare) masculine Isa 51:5 , compare below arm, shoulder, strength (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian (Tel el Amarna102, 1. 12, etc.) zurû , compare JastrJBL xi, 1892, 123; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1567]; Aramaic דְּרָעָא, [untranscribed source text 1568]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1569]) — absolute זְרוֺעַ Exod 6:6 +, זְרֹעַ Deut 7:19 +; construct זְרוֺעַ Ps 10:15 +, זְרֹעַ Ps 89:11 +; suffix זְרוֺעִי Jer 27:5; Ps 89:2, זְרֹעִי Isa 51:5; Isa 63:5 זְרוֺעֲךָ Ps 71:18 +, זְרֹעֲךָ 1Sam 3:31 +, etc.; plural זְרֹעִים Dan 11:31 construct זְרֹעֵי Gen 49:24 suffix זְרֹעַי Isa 51:5, זְרֹעָיו 2Kgs 9:24 elsewhere feminine form, construct זְרוֺעוֺת Ps 37:17, זְרֹעוֺת Job 22:9 + 6 t., זְרֹעֹת Deut 33:27 suffix זְרוֺעֹתָ֑י Ps 18:35, זְרֹעֹתָ֑י 2Sam 22:35, etc. (In absolute and construct singular more often plene, in plural and with suffix more often defect. In three instances where ׳ ז is masculine it means a political or military force Dan 11:15; Dan 11:22; Dan 11:31). —

1. arm,
a. literally, of a man Judg 15:14; Judg 16:12; 2Sam 1:10; Isa 9:19; Isa 17:5 (probably accusative instrumental), Deut 33:20; Zech 11:17 (twice in verse); Song 8:6; (strike out Co); כֹּחוֺ ׳ ז Isa 44:12 (of a smith, forging); חֲשׂוּפָה ׳ ז Ezek 4:7 (of prophet); in figure of ׳ י teaching Ephraim to walk Hos 11:3 זְרֹעֵי יָדָיו Gen 49:24 arms of his hands, i.e. arms that by their strength enable him (Joseph) to draw the bow; וַיַּךְ אֶתיְֿהוֺרָם בֵּין זְרֹעָיו 2Kgs 9:24, i.e. his arms seen from behind, his shoulders.
b. arm as seat of (human) strength Ps 18:35 = 2Sam 22:35 לֹאעֹז ׳ ז Job 26:2, ׳ כּוֺחַ הַזּ Dan 11:6 compare Dan 11:6 לֹא עֹז ׳ ז Job 26:2 ׳ חִוַּקְתִּי ז Hos 7:15 compare Ezek 30:24; Ezek 30:25 also with שׁבר Ps 10:15 ; Ps 37:17; Jer 48:25 (|| קֶרֶן), Ezek 30:21; Ezek 30:22 ; Ezek 30:24 compare Ezek 30:25 רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר ׳ ז Job 38:15 . — On Mal 2:3 compare VB . Especially
c. Yahweh's arm as instrument of deliverance and judgment (often Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Isa2, Psalms): — נְטוּיָה ׳ ז Deut 4:34 ; Deut 5:15; Deut 26:8; Ezek 20:33; Ezek 20:34; Ps 136:12, compare Deut 7:19; Deut 11:2; 1Kgs 8:42 = 2Chr 6:32 (all || יָד חֲזָקָה ), Deut 9:29; 2Kgs 17:36 (of creation) Jer 27:5; Jer 32:17 (all || כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל); נְטוּיָה ׳ בִּז Exod 6:6 ( P , or D's revision ; no ||); חֲזָקָה ׳ זְ Jer 21:5 (|| יָד נְטוּיָה); גְּדֹל זרועך Exod 15:16 (song), ׳ גֹּדֶל ז Ps 79:11 זְרוֺעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ Ps 89:22 (|| יָדִי); ׳ בִּזְ Ps 77:16 ׳ ז Ps 44:4 (|| יְמִינְךָ), קָדְשׁוֺ ׳ ז Ps 98:1 (|| יְמִינוֺ), compare Isa 52:10 עֻוָּךָ ׳ ז Ps 89:11 compare Isa 62:8 (|| יְמִינוֺ); ׳ לִבְּשִׁיעֹֿז זְרוֺעַ י Isa 51:9 ׳ לְךָ ז עִםגְּֿבוּרָ֑ה Ps 89:14 תִּפְאַרְתּוֺ ׳ ז Isa 63:12 as support of weak Isa 40:11 (figurative of shepherd), compare זְרֹעֹת עוֺלָם Deut 33:27 נַחַת זְרוֺעוֺ יַרְאֶה Isa 30:30 (of lightning stroke, || השׁמיע הוֺד קולו of thunder); also אִםוְֿרוֺעַ כָּאֵל לָךְ Job 40:9 .Hence,
2. arm, as symbol of strength:
a. human 1Sam 2:31 (twice in verse) ( ᵐ5 read זַרְעֲךָ and זֶרַע, but see Klo Dr), Ezek 22:6; Ezek 31:17 וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֺעתֶיהָ Prov 31:17 בָּשָׂר ׳ ז 2Chr 32:8 שָׁם בָּשָׂר זְרֹעוֺ Jer 17:5 (|| יִבְטַח בָּאָדָם); compare Ps 44:4 (|| חַרְבָּם); אישׁ זרוע Job 22:8 זְרֹעוֺת יְתֹמִים Job 22:9 (i.e. strength, resources); הָיוּ זרוע לִבְּנֵילֿוֺט Ps 83:9 רַבִּים ׳ ז Job 35:9 זְרֹעַ גְּדוֺלָה Ezek 17:9 (for pulling up a tree, in metaphor).
b. = divine strength Ps 71:18 (|| גְּבוּרָה ), זְרֹעוֺ משְׁלָה לוֺ Isa 40:10 (|| חָזָק); זְרֹעַי עַמִּים יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ Isa 51:5 [ Str thinks masculine to avoid verbal ending נָה, compare Isa 49:11]; and help Isa 33:2 (|| יְשׁוּעָה) compare Isa 59:16; Isa 63:5 see also Isa 53:1.
3. Plural forces, political and military, with יִעֲמֹ֑דוּ Dan 11:15; Dan 11:31 v Dan 11:22 (see Bev).
4. Shoulder of animal sacrificed, belonging to priest Num 6:19 ( P ) Deut 18:3 .

BDB9457

דרע (√of following; Biblical Hebrew II. זרע , זְרוֺעַ ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

זרוע (z’r)

Genesis 49:24

KJV: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
EHCC: and the arms of his hands were made

Exodus 6:6

KJV: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
EHCC: redeem you with a stretched out arm,

Exodus 15:16

KJV: Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
EHCC: by the greatness of thine arm

Numbers 6:19

KJV: And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
EHCC: the priest shall take the sodden shoude

Deuteronomy 4:34

KJV: Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
EHCC: & 5:15. and by a stretched out ers,

Deuteronomy 7:19

KJV: The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
EHCC: and the stretched out arm,

Deuteronomy 9:29

KJV: Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
EHCC: and by thy stretched out arm.

Deuteronomy 11:2

KJV: And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
EHCC: and his stretched out ana, 1

Deuteronomy 18:3

KJV: And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
EHCC: shall give unto the priest the השו

Deuteronomy 26:8

KJV: And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
EHCC: and with an outstretched rm, |

Deuteronomy 83:20

EHCC: teareth the arm with the crown

Judges 15:14

KJV: And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.loosed: Heb. were melted
EHCC: the cords that (were) upon Ais arms

Judges 16:12

KJV: Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
EHCC: he brake them from off kis orus ,

Judges 22:35

EHCC: a bow of steel is broken by wine arm. |

2 Kings 9:24

KJV: And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.drew…: Heb. filled his hand with a bowsunk: Heb. bowed
EHCC: smote Jehoram between Ais arms,

2 Kings 17:36

KJV: But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
EHCC: with great power and a stretched out erm |

2 Chronicles 6:32

KJV: Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;toward…: or, in this place
EHCC: and hy stretched out arm; /

2 Chronicles 32:8

KJV: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.rested…: Heb. leaned
EHCC: With him (is) ax arm of flesh; (

Job 22:8

KJV: But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.mighty…: Heb. man of armhonourable…: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance
EHCC: But (as for) the mighty man, (merg. חגם *

Job 26:9

KJV: He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
EHCC: the arm (that hath) no strength?

Job 35:9

KJV: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
EHCC: they cry out by reason of the arm

Job 38:15

KJV: And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
EHCC: and the high arm shall be broken. 0

Job 40:9

KJV: Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
EHCC: Hast thou an arm like God?

Psalms 10:15

KJV: Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
EHCC: Break thou the arm of the wicked

Psalms 18:34

KJV: He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
EHCC: (35).a bow of steel is broken by mise a=

Psalms 37:17

KJV: For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
EHCC: For the arms of the wicked shall be -==

Psalms 44:3

KJV: For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
EHCC: (4).neither.did their own arm save then:

Psalms 71:18

KJV: Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.when…: Heb. unto old age and gray hairsthy strength: Heb. thine arm
EHCC: until 1 have shewed thy strength (msg.

Psalms 77:15

KJV: Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
EHCC: (16). hast mk (thine) ares redeemed

Psalms 79:11

KJV: Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;thy…: Heb. thine armpreserve…: Heb. reserve the children of death
EHCC: according to the of thy pore

Psalms 83:8

KJV: Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.holpen: Heb. been an arm to
EHCC: 9(, they have holpen the children of Lot

Psalms 89:1

KJV: Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.Maschil…: or, A Psalm for Ethan the Ezrahite, to give instructionto all…: Heb. to generation and generation
EHCC: o(11)- scattered. thine enemies wifi Oy \

Psalms 136:12

KJV: With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
EHCC: and with a stretched out arm:

Isaiah 9:20

KJV: And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:snatch: Heb. cut
EHCC: (19).eat evéry man the מס4 of 1 הא

Isaiah 30:30

KJV: And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.his glorious…: Heb. the glory of his voice
EHCC: shew the lighting down of נא erm,

Isaiah 33:2

KJV: O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
EHCC: be thou er mere ee .

Isaiah 40:10

KJV: Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.with strong…: or, against the stronghis work: or, recompence for his work
EHCC: 44 5וא arm shall rale for him:

Hosea 7:15

KJV: Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.have…: or, chastened
EHCC: bound (and) strengthened their arms,

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